Travis County DA Lehmberg Pleads Guilty, Gets 45 Jail Days

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg pleaded guilty this morning to a Class A misdemeanor for drunk driving.

She was arrested last Friday night after she was reportedly driving erratically. Travis County Sheriff’s officers say they found an open bottle of vodka in her car.

Lehmberg’s attorney David Sheppard said she received, what he called, the “harshest sentence” for the offense. “She accepted the sentence that was determined by the county attorney to be appropriate,” Sheppard said, “a 45 days in jail and a 4 thousand dollar fine and walked into the jail and is in that jail to serve that sentence.”

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An Austin citizen has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg from office, arguing that her recent DWI arrest provides grounds for removal.

The Austin Chronicle reports that the lawsuit, brought by local attorney Kerry O'Brien, seeks to have Lehmberg temporarily removed from office until a verdict is reached in her DWI arrest. That verdict should come easily, as Lehmberg has penned a letter pleading guilty “without any request for leniency or consideration of any type.”